Dec 2006
Operation Tindalo - 14 Dec 2006
The defendant Maxine Houghton, born 12th March 1976, was arrested in B&Q store, Trafford Park, Manchester, for an offence of criminal deception on the 12th, January 2005. Her vehicle was searched and documents were recovered which implicated her in managing prostitutes and brothels. One in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, and two in Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside. ......
Oct 2006
Data Protection Act Proves Fruitless - 20 Oct 2006
In March 2004 the North West Regional Asset Recovery Team (NWRART) and Lancashire Constabulary launched an investigation into Mohammed Arshid KHATANA of Nelson. He was suspected of being responsible for what was commonly known as DPA fraud and money Laundering. ......
Aug 2006
Rogue Trader - 22 Aug 2006
A Liverpool market trader must pay the price of claiming benefits whilst working on a local market stall. Stephen Foster from Halewood, Liverpool has been ordered to payback £105,368.21p within 6 months or serve 18 months imprisonment ......
Market Traders Sold Out - 11 Aug 2006
An investigation involving the Police, Department for Work and Pensions, Liverpool Trading Standards, Sefton Trading Standards, the Mechanical Copyright Protection Society and the North West Regional Asset Recovery team has recovered more than £878,000. ......
Jul 2006
Evidence reeking of dishonesty - 10 Jul 2006
Mark and Michael Hardie, brothers from Bootle,Merseyside who were involved in the trafficking of heroin have been ordered to pay back over half a million pounds or face extra time in prison. Michael Hardie who is serving 9 years will serve an additional 18 months and Mark Hardie who is serving 10 years will serve an additional 3 years 8 months if they fail to pay the confiscation order within 6 months. ......
Jun 2006
Hidden Assets Order - 08 Jun 2006
Convicted Blackburn drug dealer, Babar Qasam, 27 years, has been ordered to payback £30,000 after a confiscation hearing held today at Preston Crown Court heard how he lied to conceal his assets ......
Lady Bailey - 08 Jun 2006
Suzanne Bailey, 35 years, of Partridge Drive Accrington was sentenced to 2 years imprisonment at Preston Crown Court on Friday, for fraudulently obtaining more than half a million pounds from the Government and for using forged insurance certificates in respect of uninsured buses ......
£15 million payback - 05 Jun 2006
Assets worth in excess of £15 million have been seized from Criminals in the North West in the past year, it has been announced by the Home Office ......
May 2006
£360,000 Payback - 15 May 2006
Two men from North Wales who were convicted of drug trafficking and money laundering offences have been ordered to pay back a total of almost £360,000 pounds ......
Apr 2006
Smugglers Ahoy - 28 Apr 2006
A Manchester man who illegally imported cigarettes and tobacco into the North West of England has been ordered to pay back over £1.4 million pounds.Lawrence Martin Cook was ordered to pay a confiscation order of £1,421,824 within 6 months, or face a default sentence of 7 years in prison. ......
Takeaway Ordered - 03 Apr 2006
The owner of a Liverpool take-away has been ordered to forfeit over £110,000 following a hearing held under the Proceeds of Crime Act at Liverpool City Magistrates Court on Monday 3 April. ......
Mar 2006
Exclusive Award. - 23 Mar 2006
A complex joint operation between Lancashire Constabulary and the North West Regional Asset Recovery Team (RART) has scooped top honours at the 2006 Home Office Tackling Drugs Supply Awards. ......
Pirate Profits Plundered - 15 Mar 2006
A resident of Droylesden, Manchester who was convicted for his part in trading in counterfeit goods was ordered to payback in excess £78,000. Paul Nicholas Gibbons (29) of Langfield Crescent, Droylesden, Manchester was given the confiscation order during a hearing at Mold Crown Court under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. ......
Feb 2006
Barristers learn how to really make sure crime does not pay - 03 Feb 2006
Barristers from across the North West have been gaining an insight into the Proceeds of Crime Act through a series of unique seminars. ......
Jan 2006
Heroin family to pay back £3m - 02 Jan 2006
Five members of the same Blackburn family have been ordered to pay back £2,935,504 million pounds after a confiscation hearing at Preston Crown Court. Ringleader Ayub Yusuf Khansia, who was jailed for 8 years in July 2005, must pay back £2,405.307 by July 2006 or face a further seven years in prison. This is the largest single order that has ever been secured in Lancashire ......

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